During his weekly visit on 98.5 The SportsHub’s Toucher & Rich Show, Danny Ainge used a bulk of his interview time to defend Marcus Smart. Smart was suspended for yesterday’s game against the Hornets for having a postgame interaction with an official after a disappointing loss to the Thunder on Tuesday.
“Marcus is just an emotional kid. He plays with his emotions on his sleeve and he was very frustrated with a couple of calls that I thought he should have been frustrated with. Ideally, we don’t want him having conversations with the officials postgame as they’re leaving the court,” Ainge said of Smart’s interaction with the refs.